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Wilderness Colors

Shitao (Zhu Ruoji)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A traditional Chinese painting on light brown paper, titled 'Wilderness Colors' by Shitao (Zhu Ruoji). The painting depicts a building on a cliffside to the bottom left. The building has orange walls and a roof with green tiles. The building sits on a red cliffside. A group of people stand on a balcony at the front of the building. Trees grow on the cliffside in front of and behind the building. The top right half of the painting shows a body of water with a few trees on the distant shore. The painting features two red seals, one on the bottom left and one near the top middle. The top right features a block of black Chinese calligraphy.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1700
Medium:
Album of twelve paintings; ink and color on paper
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
496 × 624 px
Museum record:
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